Card for use in computing stock



Dec. 19, 1922.

P. F. W. C. KRIPPENDORF. CARD FOR USE IN COMPUTING STOCK.

2 SHEETSQSHEET 1.

FILED JUNE 20, I919- Fig.2. 6'

Dec. 19, 1922.

P. F. w. c. KRIPPENDORF.

CARD FOR USE IN COMPUTING STOCK,

' FILEDJVUNEZO. 1919.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2- Fig. 5. Fig.

Patented lltl,

PAUL F. W. G. KBIPPENDOBF, OF LYNN, lLI :tSSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNUR TO KBIPPENIDORF rarest cert KALCULATOR COMPANY, 015 PORTLAND, MAINE, A COB-JPOEA'IION OF ELAINE.

CARD FOR USE IN COIVIPUTING STOCK.

Application filed June 20, 1919.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, PAUL F. il G. Kerr- PENDORF, a citizen of the United States, residing at Lynn, in the county of Essex and State of Massachusetts, have invented cer tain improvements in Cards for 'Use in Coinputing Stock, of which the tollowing description, in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a specification, like reference characters on the drawings indicating like partsin the several figures.

This invention relates to a card for use in computing stock and is herein illustrated as embodied in a card designed to he used in connection with a calculating machine such as that shown in Patent No. 1,212,231, granted to me on January 16, H ll.

This machine is adapted to he n1anipu lated to indicate the amount oi. leather which. will be required to allow ton the cutting, including waste, of a given number of uppers for shoes of a selected style and of different widths and sizes. Briefly, the manner of using the machine is as :t'ollows: The au'io-unts of stool: required tor cutting; a hundred uppers for a certain style oi shoe of a standard size and width from a number oi: dil'i'ereut leathers are computed beforehand and the data placed upon a card which is furnished to the operator oi? the machine. There is also furnished to the operator a list or the number of shoes '5 the sizesand widths of the particular style which is to be made, together-with the kinds of leather which are to be used. For exan'iple, let it he supposed that a womans whole-quarter bluchu' shoe is to be manufactured having a cut-olii' vamp, the entire upper oi which, iucliuliiu y the top, vamp and tip are to be cut iroiu llussia calf. By inspecting the card, the operator will ind a number, for example 292. which represents the number oi square feet oi? that particular kind oit leather which will be required tor the cutting of one hundred pairs of shoes of standard size and width, say 5D. This number the operator'uses as a constant in the calculating machine, and, by manipulating certain parts of the machine in accordance with the data concerning the sizes and widths of shoes which are to be manufactured, gets the total number of square feet of Russia calt' which will be required for the cutting of all Serial No. 305,558.

the uppers. a copy of a card such as has been referred to above and a complete description oil. its use in connection with the machine will be found in the patent referred to above.

It is very desirable in a shoe factory that the operator of the machine 8.110 the cost accountant should know exactly what is the style of shoe to which-the numbers refer. Accordingly it been customary to print upon each card the style, for example 'lVomens wholequarter hluusher, but such a description is often incomplete. and therefore misleading. All womens whole-quarter blucher shoes are not alike since they may differ in height or in the curvature oi" certain parts or in various other details, any of which may have an influence to increase or to decrease the amount of leather required for cutting the uppers.

According to one feature of the present invention there is provided on the card, and preferably on the hat: thereof, a skeleton figure oi a shoe or other article having" guiding lllitl'liS thereon to aid in the filling in of the figure as may be desired to illustrate not only the style of the particular article to which the numerals refer but variations in the style. With such a card it is possible to see at a glance exactly the article to which the numerals refer, a result which is almost impossible to secure by any printed description. The computer (in this case the operator of the machine) and the cost accountant are thus provided with definite descriptions of the articles to which the numerals on the various cards re fer. On the illustrative card three sl zcletou figures are heeled shoe having been filled in to illustrate the shoe to which the numerals refer, and I Figs. 3, 4t, 5 and 6 show skeleton figures filled in in different ways.

Referring first to Fig. 1, under the general heading of Top there are three columns, the first of which is a series of figures 21 to 32, inclusive. These figures represent kinds of leather such as mat calf, suede, mat goat, etc. The names may be printed if desired, but the figures have been found in practice to be preferable. The second column is headed Plain and is to be used when a shoe having an unfolded top is being manufactured. The third column is headed Fold and the numerals 175 to 265 which have been filled in indicate the number of square feet of stock required for cutting one hundred tops, which are to be folded, from the different leathers indicated by the figures 21 to 30. In the present example the tops are to be folded and are, for a sixinch whole-quarter blucher womens shoe; and it will require 175 square feet of mat calf, 185 square feet of suede, etc, to cut them.

Under the general heading of Cut off vamp there is first a column containing printed figures 1 to 12, inclusive. These figures represent dilferent kinds of leathers such as patent side, patent colt, gun metal side, gun metal, Russia calf, kid, ooze, etc. As in the case of the Tops the names of the leathers may be printed if desired. Under the Cut off vamp heading are two sub-headings No tip and Tip, and each of these has under it a column marked Plain and Fold. The first column of numerals which have'been filled in (50 to indicate the number of square feet of stock required for cutting one hundred cutoff vamps from the different leathers indicated by the figures 1 to 10. The second column of filled in numerals to 91) indi cates the number of square feet required for cutting both the cut-ofl vamp and'the plain tip. To the right of the heading Cut oil vamp is another heading lVhole-toe vamp having under it various sub-head ings under which no numerals have been placed. Near the middle of the card appears the heading ll hole shoes, under which two columns have been filled in with numerals, one column beginning with 212 and ending with 327 and the other beginning with 228 and ending with 343. At the lower left-hand portion of the card appear several headings the spaces opposite'which have not been filled in. It is believed to be unnecessary to explain in detail just what each heading means, since from the description which has been given above, their meanings should be obvious and since dif ferent headings may be adopted if desired. Air-explanation of the meaning of the numerals 1'75, 50 and 66 has been given. It will be sufiicient to state that the numeral 212 indicates that if the top and the cut-off vamp are cut from the same lot of patent side there will be required 212 square feet for one hundred pairs and that if the top, cut-off vamp and plain tip are all cut from the same lot of patent side, 228 square feet will be required for one hundred pairs. It will be noted that if only the tops were cut, 175. square feet would be required, and that if only the cut-off Vamps were cut, 50 square feet would be required. It might seem that cutting them both from the same lot of patent side would make no difference in the amount required, which would consequently be 225 square feet. This is not the case, however; and only 212 square feet would in such case be required since it is more economical to out large and small pieces from the same skin.

Referring now to Fig. 2, it will be noted that there are shown three skeleton figures, the first of a womans high-heeled shoe, the second of a womans low-heeled shoe and the third of a mans shoe. The first skeleton figure has been filled in to show a womans six-inch whole-quarter blucher with a cutoil vamp; and this is the shoe to which the filled in numerals on the other side of the card refer.

All of the skeleton figures have upon them guide marks which will now be described. Referring more particularly to the second figure, the guide marks in the form of the dashes 1, 3, 4L, 5, 6, and 7, together with the intermediate dot 2, if properly connected, would indicate a whole vamp; the marks 8, 9 and 10, if properly connected, would indicate an oxford; the marks 1, 2, 11, and 8 if properly connected would indicate a circular fox oxford; the guide marks 12 and 13, if properly connected, would indicate a whole vamp with tip; and the guide marks 1 1 and 15 if properly connected would indicate a cut-off vamp. The marks in the forms of pairs of dots at the upper parts of the figures are used to indicate the height of the shoe in inches.

In order to display the possibilities of these skeleton figures, four of them have been filled in (see Figs. 3, l, 5 and (3 of the drawings) to illustrate lGSPtClllVGiY a seemless fox oxford, a circular fox oxford, a whole-quarter blucher shoe and a whole quarter finger fox blucher shoe with a cutoff vamp and a tip. By comparing Fig. 5 of the drawings with the filled-in figure in Fig. 20f the drawings, the ease with which variations in style which would be difiicult to dis tinguish by a printed description, may be shown will be appreciated. Both illustra-' tions show a whole-quarter blucher shoe. but the shapes of the 1 ing on the vamps are difierent in the two cases and different amounts of leather woulr be required to cut them out even it they were alike in all other respects. Hitherto a great deal of confusion has occurred because of this diilficulty in distinguishing one shoe from another on the card. For example, two cards might have on them the description Womens whole-quarter blucher shoe, but the data might be different in the two cases. The cost accountant sees that one card calls for a certain amount of leather and that the other card calls for a greater amount. l-le assumes that there is a mistake somewhere, for the cards appear to describe the same shoe; and it may happen that he is obliged finally to find the sample shoes themselves before he gets the matter straightened out. The same sort of impression may confront the floreman of the cutting roomy and cause dispute between him and the operator of the calculating machine as to whether the proper amount of leather has been allowed to the cutters. With the present invention mistakes of this sort do not occur, since the. filled-in figure shows at a glance just the style of shoe to which the numerals refer.

Throughout the specification the word card has been used, but obviously a sheet of paper would. serve the purpose, and it should be understood that the word card, as used throughout the claims. is intended to include tags. sheets and similar suitable articles. And although the card has been described as used in connection with a computing machine it should be understood that this has been done to promote clearness and that the invention is not limited to the manner of use which has been described.

Having thus described my invcnt-iomwhat l. claim as new and desire to secure by Let-- tcrs Patent oi the United States is:

1.. A card for use in computing the amount of stock required for the n'ianut'acture of an article having thereon a skeleton figure including guide marks which may be filled in according to the marks to illustrate the style of the article, and data showing the amount of stock required for a given number of articles ot the illustrative style according to the kind of stock used.

2. A card tor use in computing the amount oi stock. required for the mainrlacture of. an article having thereon a skeleton figure pro vided with guide marks located to facilitate filling in the figure in any one of several ways so as to illustrate a selected style of article, and spaces provided with indicia to receive entries showing the amount of stock required for the selected'style.

3. A card :for use in computing the amount of stock required for cutting out shoe parts, having a skeleton figure including guide marks which may be filled in according to the marks to illustrate the style of shoe desired and spaces provided with indicia to re ceive entries showing the amount of stock required. for a given number of shoes of the style illustrated.

4. A card for use in computing the amount of stock required for cutting out shoe parts having thereon a skeleton figure provided with guide marks which may be connected as may be desired in a selected way to show a shoe of a desired style, and spaces provided with indicia to receive entries showing the amount of stock required for a given number of the illustrated shoes according to the kind of stock used.

5. A card for use in computing the amount of stock required for cutting out shoe parts, having thereon a skeleton figure provided with guide marks located to facilitate filling in the figure in any one of several ways so as to illustrate a selected style of shoe, and spaces provided with indicia to receive entries showing the amount of stock required for the selected style.

6. card for use in computing the amount oiv stock required for cutting out shoe parts, having on one side a skeleton figure provided with guide marks located to facilitate filling in the figure in any one of several ways so as to illustrate a selected style of shoe, and on the other side spaces provided with indicia to receive entries showing the amount of stock required for the selected style.

7. A card for use in computing the amount ct stock required for cutting out shoe parts having thereon a skeleton figure of a shoe provided with guide marks located to facilitate filling in the figure in any one of several ways so as to illustrate a selected style of shoe.

8. A card for use in computing the amount of stock required for cutting out shoe parts havi'i thereon a plurality of figures of shoes of different types each provided with guide H on marks located to facilitate filling in the ures in any one of several ways, any one ol. which may be filled in to illustrate the style of shoe desired.

In testimony whereof l have signed my name to this specification.

PAUL F. W. C. KRIPPENDORF. 

